Origins Concert | Pierrot Lunaire: The Eerie Melodrama that Revolutionized 20th Century Music
Schedule
Sat Nov 02 2024 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Ascension Church of The-Episcopal | Silver Spring, MD
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Along with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire revolutionized music in the early 20th century. Igor Stravinsky called it "the solar plexus as well as the mind of early 20th-century music." The eerie, hyper-expressive Pierrot Lunaire (translated as Moonstruck Pierrot) is performed in the other-worldly Sprechstimme style that mixes speech and song. The vocalist sings precisely notated rhythms and pitches while also swooping and falling in exaggerated speech and whispers.
Pierrot, the Renaissance theater ‘sad clown’ character, is at the center of the melodrama. The three sets of seven lush poems by Albert Giraud outline Pierrot's emotional trajectory from love to crime to a return home. (Poem #1 included included below)
2024 is the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg's birth.
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, voice
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
Elizabeth Hill, piano
Carrie Rose, flute & piccolo
Cheryl Hill, clarinet & bass clarinet
Sandy Choi, violin & viola
Tobias Werner, cello
PROGRAM
*Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg
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RECEPTION
Meet the artists at a reception following the show.
Origins Concert Series is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County Government and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Translation of the first of 21 poems brought to life in this piece:
1. Mondestrunken (Drunk with Moonlight)
The wine that one drinks with one's eyes
Is poured down in waves by the moon at night,
And a spring tide overflows
The silent horizon.
Lusts, thrilling and sweet
Float numberless through the waters!
The wine that one drinks with one's eyes
Is poured down in waves by the moon at night.
The poet, urged on by his devotions,
Becomes intoxicated with the sacred beverage;
Enraptured, he turns toward heaven
His head, and, staggering, sucks and sips
The wine that one drinks with one's eyes.
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Where is it happening?
Ascension Church of The-Episcopal, 634 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910-4657, United States,Silver Spring, MarylandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
